How to Hide Show Files and Folders in Computer Using CMD | How to Show and Hide Files and Folders in PC Using Command Promt

How to Hide Show Files and Folders in Computer Using CMD | How to Show and Hide Files and Folders in PC Using Command Prompt

Sometimes, when we store our files and folders in our required drive like a local disk of HDD, pen drive, external hard disk, sd card or memory card, etc. But, we want to keep it securely and not to show for other users and if we have problems of auto-hidden our files and folders but we don't hide to them (files and folders) then, we used to this kind of tutorials without using any third-party software, here we just used cmd. Now follow the following steps;

• ·      Open cmd from start button or run button as you want.
• ·      Locate or know that the drive i.e. you want to command for your files and folders. Here, I have my pen drive location is G: (on video tutorials).
• ·      Now type this types of commands ;

To hiding the files and folders;

        Attrib +h +s +I +r +a /s /d /l [drive letter] [file name]

        e.g. attrib +h +s +I +r +a /s /d /l g:*.*

        Now your files and folders are hide on your device.

Now you can show your files and folders by following this steps;

To showing then hidden  files and folders;

        Attrib -h -s -I -r -a /s /d /l [drive letter] [file name]

        e.g. attrib -h -s -I -r -a /s /d /l g:*.*

        (Note: *.* for all files and folders. If you want to command for individual data then please type just files/folders name.)

1. ·      Now you can exit by typing exit.

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